Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Compiler Toolchain Software

General Summary:

As a Qualcomm Compiler Toolchain Software Engineer, you will have scope of design autonomy and substantial opportunity to master key technologies in compilers that provide new capabilities with high energy efficiency. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance state-of-the-art application domains for gaming, image processing, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, and modem.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of any combination of academic and/or work experience with compiler or tools.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Leverages advanced knowledge of software development, processor architecture (e.g., DSP, CPU, NSP, microcontroller), debugging and recovery techniques, and systems concepts (e.g., scheduling, memory management, QoS, parallel execution, acceleration, memory models) to enhance application domains for mobile and compute products.
• Incorporates complex features to programming tools to assist software developers implement, debug, and optimize code running on programmable cores (e.g., DSP, CPU, NSP, microcontroller).
• Designs and develops advanced industry standard tools (e.g., debuggers, linkers, profilers, converters, optimizers, etc.).
• Builds complex bit-exact functional or timing-accurate simulators to enable off-target execution of software.
• Synthesizes and runs benchmarks for complex applications; analyzes data to provide feedback for performance, power optimizations, and constraint management.
• Designs and writes the compiler toolchain (e.g., LLVM, GCC, MLIR, Halide, TVM) to ensure efficient compilation of code onto the hardware architecture.
• Leverages advanced mathematical techniques for programming languages, algorithms, and optimization to enable tools to robustly provide performance and power efficiency for hardware products; utilizes advanced data structures and heuristics to make compilation tractible.
• Applies advanced Intermediate Representation of programs to expose opportunities for program optimization.

Level of Responsibility:
• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.
• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$159,500.00 - $239,300.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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